Gildersber Farm
CommercialInert
Gildersber Farm is a historic (closed) landfill site recorded by the Environment Agency near Silsden. It received commercial and inert waste between 1982 and 1991, covering about 0.44 hectares. Reference EAHLD04050, October 2025 data revision.
Full record
| EA reference | EAHLD04050 |
|---|---|
| Site name | Gildersber Farm |
| Address | Cocking Lane, Addingham, Ilkley, West Yorkshire |
| Site operator | R H and S Lofthouse and Son |
| Licence holder | Jim Brysone Esquire |
| Licence issued | 7 April 1982 |
| Licence surrendered | 16 August 1991 |
| First waste input | 31 December 1982 |
| Last waste input | 31 December 1991 |
| Area | 0.44 ha |
| Gas control | Not recorded |
| Leachate containment | Not recorded |
| Licensed site | Yes |
| EA area | Dales NE |
| Grid reference | 407000, 448800 |
Source: Environment Agency Historic Landfill Sites dataset, October 2025 revision.
Boundary map
What these waste types mean
- Commercial:
- waste from shops and offices — paper, packaging, food. Similar profile to household waste, usually less of it.
- Inert:
- builder's rubble, subsoil, concrete, brick. Doesn't decompose or generate gas; the lowest-concern category.
Other historic landfill sites nearby
- Gildersber FarmInert
- Nudge Hill FarmInert
- Middlemoor FarmWaste types not recorded
- Turner Hill FarmInert
- Addingham Railway CuttingInert
- Back LaneInert
What this data does — and doesn't — cover
- Licensed-era records only. Waste licensing began in 1974. Older tips — especially small pre-war ones — are incompletely recorded, so absence from this data does not mean no landfill ever existed here.
- Not the contaminated-land register. Councils hold a separate register of land determined as contaminated. A historic landfill entry is not a contamination determination, and vice versa.
- Boundaries are indicative. Digitised at 1:10,000 scale; some are buffers around a point rather than surveyed edges.
- Not a substitute for a formal environmental search. If you're buying, your conveyancer's environmental search checks this and several other sources.
EA Historic Landfill dataset, October 2025 revision. More on the methodology page.